There were certainly many immigrants after the war.
Where I live in Geelong there were many Dutch people. This resulted in lots of bulb growing in the area but I cannot recall ever seeing a dutch restaurant. There were very few restaurants at all.
In Melbourne the Greeks and Italians were very obvious groups, leading to great food changes to the usual "english" centered meat and 2 veg style meals.
Melbourne has the second biggest Greek population of any city in the world after Athens!
More Italian went to Sydney.
There were already large populations of Chinese immigrants who came to Australia during the gold rushes of the 1850's. They opened restaurants all over the countryside, and it is almost a standing joke that the only restaurant in many small country towns is chinese, including in the pubs!
More recently Thai, Vietnamese and many other South East Asian people have all added their own special flavours.
We are indeed very lucky to have all this choice and all these influences on our "Aussie Cuisine"

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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:53 pm Post subject:

jenjen,
Although it is a way off still, my husband and I are planning to travel to Austrailia and New Zeland in the next few years.
The fusion cusine sounds very similar to the style of many chefs in Seattle, where it is a blend of French and Asian with our own ingredients native to our region. It is a wonderful combination that is always fresh and exciting. The over use of ginger is an all too common offence though._________________"It's watery....and yet there's a smack of ham."

Erin Darling...and Mr Erin ~ our door is open!_________________"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson